Tues 29th June: Five new lives

Puppies currently at Ap Lei Chau

 People keep asking if we'll be open on the first of July, a Public Holiday of course, and the answer is always the same.  Yes, we will be open and we're open every other day of the year without exception.  The dogs need to be fed and walked and the Homing Centres cleaned, so there is never a day when that won't happen.  I also need to remind all potential adopters that the same applies if you have a dog at home, that there's never a day when you don't need to take your dog out, feed it or anything else, so please bear that in mind, especially if you're a single person who has to be responsible for everything yourself.

Is this anyone's dog?

We took in a small dog that was found wandering, and it's registered as a Japanese spitz, ten years old.  However the license expired a long time ago and seems to be under the name of the breeder, so it's as good as useless when trying to trace any owner.  The finder of the dog kept him for two weeks while posting notices in the area in case there was someone desperately looking, but since nobody claimed him we'll get everything updated and if there's still no claimant he'll be put up for adoption. 

Lexi found her forever family today

Lexi was the lucky dog at Tai Po today, and I'm hoping that there'll be further happy adoption news in the coming days as German shepherd Moose has quite a lot of interest after his photo was posted on Facebook. 

Five new lives arrived today

However the biggest news of the day, or rather night, from Tai Po was that Lorna finally gave birth to her puppies, thankfully only five of them and all strong and healthy.  We'd been expecting this to happen much sooner, and while the arrival of yet more babies isn't really cause for celebration, at least mother and pups are safe and well.  It's not often that we know the mother of newborns or that they're lucky enough to be able to suckle rather than drink their milk from a bottle.   It's also lucky for Lorna that she was caught and brought to us after she lost her home, because at least she had lots of food during the last couple of weeks, and a dry and safe place to give birth.